Combined door holder and bumper.



No. 886,503. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908. J. B= HIGHTOWER. COMBINED DOOR HOLDER AND BUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1908.

p w 96L wi l?" woes I JOSEPH B. HIGHTOWER, OF AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED DOOR HOLDER AND BUMPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented May 5,1908.

Application filedifauuary 2, 1908. Serial No. 109,097.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn B. Hron'rownn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aiken, in the county of Aiken and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Door Holderand Bumper, of .which the following is a specification, reference being had ,therein to the accompanying drawing.

This inventionrelates to a combined door holder and bumper, and has for its object, the provision of means for facilitating the holdmg of a door in an open or adjusted position.

Another object ofthe invention is the con struction of a combined door 'holder and bumper provided with a detachable bump.er-

' elevation of a device constructed in accordfastening means 3, as for instance, screws passing through apertures 4. A holder-portion 5 is integral, at 6, with the front end of the body portion 1, and said holder portion terminates at its rear end in a downwardlyextending lip or flange 7.

; The rear end of the body or plate 1 tenninates in a curved, yieldable support 8, which support is integral, at its lower end with said base or body 1, and is provided at its up or end with an integral tongue or tenon 9. he bumper-member 10 is provided with a socket or recess 11, Fig. 4, into which the tongue extends when the bum er-member is p0si,

tionedupon the 'yieldabie support.

When the door 12 is in an open position, it is normally positioned between the rear end of the holder portion 5 and the front end of the bumper-member 10. When the door is opened, it engages the holder 5 and the bottom of said door passes over the same and the inner or rear face of the door engages the front end 13 of the bumper-member.

hard material, or may be formedof rubber for providing a yieldable surface to be engaged by the door. However,,as the bumpermember is, preferably, flat and provided with the elongated recess or socket 11, a very durable support is provided therefor, by positioning in ,said recess or socket 11, the at tongue 9, which produces shoulders 9* upon each side of said tongue, bearing against edge 9 of the rear end of the bumper-member, providin a greater bearing surface to take up the shock of the door 12 coming in contact with the front end 13 of the bumper member 10.

It is to be noted that I have provided a very efiicient structure, which can be manu" factored very cheaply, and which is of great utility.

My bumper comprises the yieldable support Sand the detachable bumper-member 10, said so port being capable of yielding for relieving th 0 ened with much force, or when it contacts t erewith. When it is desired to close the door, all that is necessary is to have the operator press downward on the holder-portionv 5 and swing the door away from said device. Nhat I claim is: 1. A device [of the character described,

comprisin a flat base terminating at its front end 1n a holder-portion bent back upon the base, and said base terminating at its rear end in an upwardly-extending su port,

said support provided with a forwar y-extending, flat tongue, and a detachable bumper member provided with an elongated recess, the tongue extending into said recess for securing said bumper-member upon the support.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a flat base provided with apertures, said base terminating at its front end' in an integral holder and at its rear end in a curved, forwardly-extending support, the support terminating at its u per end in a horizontal tongue, and a detac able bumper member supported upon said tongue.

. 3. A device of the character described,

ThebumperiO may be formed of any suitable e shock thereon when the door is comprising a base provided with a curved In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my yieldable' -gsupport, said support terminating signature in presence of two itnesses.

at its upper end in a flat tongue and provided I r upon opposite sides of soid'tongue with shoul- JOSEPH HIGHTOWER' 5 ders, a bumper-member mounted upon said Witnesses:

tongue and having portions upon opposite L. R. VVEEKS,

sides of the tongue engaging said shoulders. LILLIE F. MOGOWAN. 

